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The first volunteers pose for group photo after planting Common Ground in 2001. A neighbor boy volunteers to dig a hole to plant a tree, 2007.
Volunteer staking a tree with four kids helping.
Common Ground First Planting September 2007
Shortly after Treez Please was founded in the summer of 2007, Debra Weaver contacted David Reese who said he would be glad to donate two vacant lots he owned to initiate our reforestation efforts. CLICK ON A PHOTO BELOW TO ENLARGE
The two adjacent properties on the corner of Broadway and Kensington Avenues on the city's North Side were dubbed Common Ground, and in September, we planted our first trees – with the help of a dozen enthusiastic volunteers. We put in:

2 bur oak
2 red oak
3 redbud
2 hawthorn
2 black locust
3 tulip
3 dawn redwood
3 grey dogwood
group who planted common ground A young neighbor boy with shovel planting a tree This is Debra and Brian looking at the sign that designates Common Ground as a greenspace for community of Youngstown Tim and 4 kids stake a tree